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When I describe Couture Fashion Week to non-fashion people, I do so by saying it's the showcase where the fashion world's most vivid dreams play out and come to life. True to form, the autumn/winter 2025 runways in Paris this week have been, as expected, a celebration of the extraordinary—from painstaking embroidery to silhouettes sculpted like art. No doubt about it—these are looks made for the rarest red carpets or destined to become part of the world's most exclusive private collections. And yet still, even amid all the fantasy, there’s room for a little reality.

This time, I’ve taken a step back from the spectacle to look at what these couture creations mean for the rest of us (and our wardrobes) this season and next. What struck me most was the consistency across collections: there was a romantic thread woven through everything I saw. Whether it was a colour, a texture, or a silhouette, the mood was decidedly pretty and poetic.

Of course, most of us (sadly) aren’t walking around in hand-pleated tulle gowns or crystal-encrusted capes, but when you strip back the theatrics, there’s plenty of inspiration to take from the looks on show. So, I distilled the key fashion trends spotted during Couture Fashion Week in Paris this July down to their most wearable, real-life forms to bring you the moments that felt just as relevant off the runway as they did on it.

Below are the four romantic Couture Fashion Week fashion trends I saw everywhere in Paris this week and that you could genuinely start wearing now if you wanted to.

4 Couture Fashion Week Trends That Dominated Paris This Week

1. Polkadots

There’s something irresistibly timeless about polkadots and, this week, they were everywhere, from column gowns to coats. This is proof that one of summer's biggest trends is set to feel just as relevant come autumn. Whether scaled up or kept classic in black and white, they added a playful feel to what can be a serious fashion line up.

Balenciaga's couture coat taps into another core autumn/winter 2025 fashion trend: sculptural shoulders.

Schiaparelli's oversized polkadots create an interesting illusion on the eye.